irigithathi

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

irigithaathi

Etymology

From a verb kũrigithatha.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ìɾìɣíðàːðìꜜ/

This a is pronounced long.[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a tetrasyllabic stem, together with gĩeterero, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Nairobi) Yukawa classifies this term into a group including mwathimũro etc.[2]

Noun

irigithathi class 5 (plural marigithathi)

first child, first-born

References

“irigithathi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 384. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns", pp. 193, 197. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

Kagaya, Ryohei (1981). "An Analysis of Tonal Classification of Noun in the Kabete Dialect of Kikuyu", pp. 7, 9. In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22.

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